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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

As Burning Man attempts to go green, here's to hoping they become the first American City to ban the internal combustion engine within its borders. And with Google's clout, they could make the cars a reality GM Getting Lots of PHEV Ink; Rolls Out 100 H2 FCVs – Huh?

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Then there are a slew of fully electric small vehicles that are pinning their hopes on eco-conscious city dwellers who may not want to spend much more than $25,000 on a new technology. A: Think Global’s Think City. It is different from a plug-in hybrid, or PHEV, which runs on both battery power and gasoline.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Lotus Engineering and Harmon International, two heavyweights in their respective industries, have teamed up to create a new technology known as Electronic Sound Synthesis (ESS). Basically, the external ESS is a system that produces artificial vehicle noise. Basically, the external ESS is a system that produces artificial vehicle noise.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Outside of North America, 2008 was the second-best sales year in the last decade and the third-best ever for Chrysler International. Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. Follow us on Twitter!

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